Staff Android Engineer, Onboarding

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams - People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more - provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.
The Role
The Onboarding team is responsible for the experiences within our mobile apps that help establish our Sellers identity with the product we provide and support them as issues arise. This spans features across authentication (sign-in and multi-factor), user onboarding, payment activation (Know Your Customer), account security, and identity management (remediation).
As an Android engineer on the team you will have a key role in designing, building, and improving our existing experiences in these areas across our Android mobile applications. This includes our flagship products Point of Sale , Square Register , Square Terminal , Square for Restaurants , Square for Retail , Square Appointments , Square Invoices , Square Payroll , Square Team .
You Will

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of critical features within Onboarding.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers across teams to deliver high-quality, scalable features
• Advocate for best practices in Android development, ensuring code quality, performance, and maintainability
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to engineers, promoting a culture of learning and new ideas
• Identify and improve our Android development processes and tools, contributing to the technical roadmap

You Have

• 12+ years of experience architecting and leading complex Android projects at scale
• Experience working across teams to deliver cohesive, user-focused solutions
• Experience mentoring engineers and improving Android development processes that span across the organization

Technologies We Use and Teach

• Kotlin, Java for mobile development; Gradle for build tooling
• Compose, Workflow, Dagger, Anvil, Coroutines, RxJava, Retrofit, OkHttp
• Performance related tooling such as LeakCanary, Perfetto, Macrobenchmark
• Protocol Buffers and JSON for network transport
• SQLDelight and SQLite for data persistence

We're working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is an equal opportunity employer evaluating all employees and job applicants without regard to identity or any legally protected class. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances.
We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we're doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page .
While there is no specific deadline to apply for this role, U.S. roles are typically open for an average of 55 days before being filled by a successful candidate. Please refer to the date listed at the top of this job page for when this role was first posted.
Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.
To find a location's zone designation, please refer to this resource . If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information.
Zone A:
$263,600 - $395,400 USD
Zone B:
$263,600 - $395,400 USD
Zone C:
$263,600 - $395,400 USD
Zone D:
$263,600 - $395,400 USD
Every benefit we offer is designed with one goal: empowering you to do the best work of your career while building the life you want. Remote work, healthcare coverage, flexible time off, and modern family planning are just some of our offerings. Check out our other benefits at Block.
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